Lex Fridman
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Demographics
Gender Male
Birth Name Lex Fridman
Birthplace Chkalovsk, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Birth Date August 15, 1983
Ethnicity Jewish
Overview Ashkenazi
Nationality Russian, American
Career Podcaster, computer scientist
Color Season Dark Winter
Notes and Motifs
When he was about 11, soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Fridman's family moved from Russia to the Chicago area
He then went on to obtain BSc. and MSc. degrees in computer science at Drexel University in 2010, and completed his PhD in electrical and computer engineering at Drexel in 2014
His PhD dissertation, Learning of Identity from Behavioral Biometrics for Active Authentication, was completed under the advisement of engineering educators Moshe Kam and Steven Weber and sought to "investigate the problem of active authentication on desktop computers and mobile devices".
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